Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics (2nd Edition)

Addison-Wesley is pleased to announce the imminent publication of Anthony Bedford and Wallace Fowler's Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Second Edition. The revised textbook will be published in November 1998, available in time for January '99 classes. This book has quickly earned a place in Engineering schools across the country because it teaches engineering mechanics the way a good instructor would. Hallmark Features

Problem Solving
Uses a "Strategy-Solution-Discussion" problem-solving methodology that

explains how to approach problems, solve them, and critically judge the results

Visualization
Stresses the importance of visual analysis, especially the use of free-body

diagrams Develops figures gradually and employs "ghosting" techniques to clarify and

emphasize concepts-- emulating the way an instructor teaches

Applications
Places engineering mechanics within the context of engineering practice by

including applications from many fields of engineering

Introduces design principles with the "Application to Engineering" feature using concepts developed in preceding sections of the chapter

New Features

Visualization

Provides more free-body diagrams to many of the worked examples

Separates most of the diagrams showing velocities, accelerations, and forces intoa free-body diagram showing the forces and a kinematic diagram showing the accelerations

Content
Extends the discussion of normal and tangential components in Chapter 2 to

include three- dimensional motion Includes a revised discussion of reference frames throughout the text, especially in Chapters 2 and 6 Improves the discussion of impulsive forces in Chapter 5 Improves the discussion of 2D rigid-body kinematics in Chapter 6 Expands and improves the discussion of D'Alembert's principle in Chapter 7

Provides a revised and improved discussion of angular impulse and momentum in Chapter 8 Expands the discussion of 3D rigid body dynamics in Chapter 9 and provides

new examples and problems Offers several new examples throughout the text including more of the popular feature, "Application to Engineering" Includes more than 20% new and revised end-of-chapter problems

Organization
Presents section on Orbital Mechanics in Chapter 3 Other Provides a thoroughly revised solution manual written by Wallace Fowler